The Highway Design Division is responsible for the design of a variety of mobility, safety, and pavement projects, the development and maintenance of roadway-related standard drawings and policies as well as roadway plan review, pavement design, and survey.

In-House Design Team

The In-House Design Team is responsible for delivering quality road contract documents according to state and federal policies and guidelines in a cost effective and efficient manner. Our team offers the following services:

• Develop quality construction plans for the INDOT Districts, including right-of-way plans for land acquisition, hearing presentation plans, accurate quantity calculations and accurate cost estimate and special provisions.
• Coordinate with internal staffs
• Coordinate with external agencies such as Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Indiana Department of Natural Resources and Federal Highway Administration as required
• Identify potential ways to reduce project construction and right-of-way costs
• Provide training to new engineers and technicians

Design Review Team

The Design Review Team is responsible for monitoring the quality of all contract documents according to state and federal policies and guidelines in a cost-effective and efficient manner.

Pavement Design

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The Pavement Design Office develops pavement designs for INDOT, focusing those pavement designs on the engineering and cost-effectiveness of the roadway pavement section. We collaborate with the district Pavement Asset Engineers and the Engineering Services Division to coordinate and synchronize the engineering data needed for  pavement designs: geotechnical investigations, pavement cores, non‐destructive testing operations (e.g., falling weight defectometer, ground penetrating radar and other methods of testing). 

Survey

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The Land & Aerial Survey Office supports the design, planning, construction, maintenance and operation of INDOT’s transportation system, enhancing safety, mobility and economic growth for the State of Indiana.   LASO is comprised of two primary functional areas: Land Surveying and Aerial Survey. Together they work as a team to provide high quality aerial imaging products and ground survey support.

Training and Resources 

• Design Memo Q&A (Updated 10/8/20)
• Highway Design Conference 2020
  • Welcome and Update Presentation
  • Work Zone Safety and Maintenance of Traffic Updates Presentation
  • ADA Curb Ramp Design Updates Presentation
  • IDM Chapters 46 & 43 Updates Presentation
  • Guardrail/MASH Updates Presentation
  • Proprietary Materials Approval Process Presentation
  • IDM Chap 503 - Chapters 81,82 & 83 Presentation
  • Design Memos/Policy Updates Presentation
  • Hydraulic Design Updates – Part 1 Presentation
  • Hydraulic Design Updates – Part 2 Presentation
• Roundabout Prequalification Design Class Powerpoint
• Right-of-Way Plan Development Class PowerPoint
• Right-of-Way Development Class (May 30, 2018)

Related Links

• Indiana Design Manual
• Right-of-Way Engineering Manual, 1998
• Hot Topics and Practice Pointers
• Doing Business with INDOT - Designers
• ERMS (Electronic Records Management System) Information
• Sample Unique Special Provisions
• Special Provisions PowerPoint

Programmatic Proprietary Material Approvals

ITS

• Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) system, including 1103Z IP Camera Dome with UDP Support, manufactured by TKH Group (TREEHAVEN technologies, Inc.) (Length of approval 07/20/2017 until 07/20/2020)
• Remote Traffic Microwave Sensor (RTMS) SX300 RADAR, manufactured by Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (Length of approval 3/1/2017 until 3/1/2020)
• Remote Traffic Microwave Sensor (RTMS) G4, manufactured by Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (Length of approval 3/1/2017 until 3/1/2020)
• Routers (SR), Ethernet Routing Switches (ERS), and Ethernet Switching Virtual Services Platform (VSP): ERS 3626GTS-PWR+, VSP 7200, and VSP 8400 (Length of Approval 10/2018 until 10/2021)
• Closed Circuit TV (CCTV) Systems manufactured by WTI and TREEHAVEN Technologies, Inc. (Length of approval 01/2018 until 01/2021)
• VSN240 Wireless Vehicle Detection System by Sensys Networks, Inc. Remote (Length of Approval July1, 2019 - June 30, 2022)
• Aries Field Processors (AFP) manufactured by Iron Mountain Systems (Length of Approval 02/2018 to 02/2021)
• (Length of Approval 07/1/2017 until 6/30/2020)
• ITS Field Controller manufactured by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (Length of Approval 02/2018 to 02/2021)
• Lindsay Road Zipper System manufactured by Lindsay Transportation Solution Sales & Service LLC (Length of approval May 1, 2019 until April 30, 2022)

Contact Information

Elizabeth Mouser
Highway Design Director
ephillips@indot.in.gov

Elena Veksler
Manager - In-House Design Team
eveksler@indot.IN.gov

Russ Brittain
Manager - Design Review
rbrittain@indot.in.gov

Kumar Dave
Manager - Pavement Design
kdave@indot.in.gov

Eric Banschbach
Manager - Land & Aerial Survey Office
ebanschbach@indot.in.gov